After scandal, new Senate president aims to ?right the ship?

Governor Charlie Baker greeted the Senate?s outgoing president, Harriette Chandler, and the incoming president, Senator Karen Spilka (right) at a bill signing Wednesday.

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Her colleagues hope Senator Karen Spilka?s ascension will mark an end to the drama in the chamber.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Chin072518SouthBostonFatality_Met1.jpg 3-year-old boy killed when van jumps curb in South Boston

A 3-year-old boy died after being hit by a van Wednesday in South Boston. ?It?s everybody?s worst nightmare,? said Police Commissioner William Evans.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-18597.jpg Two shot, one fatally, in Dorchester

Officers responded to a report of two people shot at 138 Norfolk St. shortly before 11 p.m., Superintendent-in-chief William Gross said at the scene.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG-0593.JPG Three-alarm fire damages South Boston homes

Firefighters were called to Boston Avenue about 2:45 a.m. and found large flames that had begun in one of the buildings and spread to a second.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/8b79e9e8233a401fab2da08613d256f7-8b79e9e8233a401fab2da08613d256f7-0.jpg Wide gap in Boston?s homicide clearance rates draws questions

Boston has the biggest disparity among major US cities in arrest rates for white and black homicide victims, according to The Washington Post.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_trooper1_met.jpg 5th trooper facing charges in State Police overtime scandal

Daren DeJong is the fifth current or retired trooper to face charges in the broadening scandal that has rocked the state?s top law enforcement agency.

FILE -- Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, leaves federal court in New York for a hearing on April 26, 2018. Cohen escalated his dispute with the president on July 24 by releasing a secret recording of a conversation in which Trump appears to have knowledge about hush money payments to a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Trump. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)

Jeenah Moon/The New York Times, file

How Cohen?s audio clip unraveled Trump?s false statements

The recording shows President Trump directly involved in talks about whether to pay the Enquirer for the rights to the woman?s story.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/4c41a93cf3dc47dbacd10b406f206f38-4c41a93cf3dc47dbacd10b406f206f38-0.jpg House Republicans move to impeach Rod Rosenstein

A group of 11 House Republicans has introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller?s investigation.

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A CNN correspondent says she was barred from attending an open press event at the White House because of questions she asked the president earlier in the day.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/TAYLOR26cambridge(2)METRO_014.jpg Dozens attend vigil for 15-year-old Cambridge girl who died in apparent assault

Mourners turned out in Cambridge on Wednesday night to remember the girl, who fell Sunday and died the following day.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kreiter_busyboylston3_met.jpg The Tannery owner is sued for alleged discrimination

Hicham Ali ?Sam? Hassan allegedly denied service to an African-American man and a Middle Eastern woman at The Tannery.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_criminaljustice2_met.jpg Lawmakers move to repeal law that allowed some veterans to evade criminal prosecution

The controversial law allowed veterans to avoid criminal charges simply by citing their military service.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Biogen-sign_AP-mage-1024x576.jpg Experimental Alzheimer?s drug significantly slowed patients? decline

The drug, from Cambridge-based Biogen and Eisai, a Japanese company, performed markedly better than a placebo.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/TaylorJennySalteevent028.jpg Meghna Chakrabarti, David Folkenflik to host ?On Point?

Two people will replace Tom Ashbrook on WBUR?s syndicated talk show ?On Point,? the station announced Wednesday.

07/21/2018 East Boston Ma -East Boston is seeing growth in housing and other developments. New construction on Decatur Street and Liverpool Street in the shadow of older housing. Reporter:Topic

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Please don?t let Eastie become South Boston, residents say

Community leaders have called for a temporary halt to the development that has taken over East Boston, until a master plan can be put in place.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1005368438.jpg David Price, Red Sox angry with rainout in series finale against Orioles

The Red Sox had a 5-0 lead in the second inning behind homers by Andrew Benintendi, J.D. Martinez and Mookie Betts. All game statistics are wiped out.

Mara Schumann photographs a plume of smoke from the Ferguson Fire in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Parts of the park, including Yosemite Valley, will close Wednesday as firefighters work to stop the blaze. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Yosemite National Park evacuated as wildfire rages

The iconic valley, usually smothered in tourists this time of year, was instead blanketed in plumes from a raging nearby 38,000-acre wildfire.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-20550.jpg I had to ask about Malcolm Butler, and Belichick just didn?t want to go there

The Butler question has greeted me every day since Super Bowl LII. But it seems we will get no answer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_14475W.jpg Mark Zuckerberg lost $16.8 billion when Facebook stocks tumbled ? for him, it?s not that big a deal

For many of the world?s richest people, losing $16.8 billion in a day would be a wipeout. For Zuckerberg, it?s not.

Relic Reilly (front left) and his twin brother, River, talked to state Senator Barbara L'Italien during one of her

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More female candidates mean tough choices for women?s groups

This year, so many women are running for certain seats that endorsing one of them means, of necessity, snubbing others.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Image%20from%20iOS%20(1).jpg Cambridge is unhappy that Bird scooters came to roost without warning

?I?m advised that you do not have the authorizations or permissions required to operate such a system in Cambridge,? a city official wrote to the company.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_072418_25commavepic_9472x.jpg Creative ways to circumvent the B branch during Comm. Ave. construction

You can deal with the shuttle buses, or walk down all of Commonwealth Avenue. Or you can just find a brand new route.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Chin072018Jugglers_Met5.jpg A pair of juggler-scientists think they?ve answered a big question

What?s the largest number of objects a person can keep in the air? An economics professor at Boston College ? and a juggler ? and an engineer-juggler from Los Angeles have taken an empirical look.

(COMBO-FILES): This combination of file photographs show from left: Former CIA Director John Brennan during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about Russian actions during the 2016 election on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 23, 2017; then FBI Director James Comey during the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Russian actions during the 2016 election campaign on March 20, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC; former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper prepares to testify on May 8, 2017, before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC; then Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Andrew McCabe during a press conference at the US Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on July 13, 2017; then US National Security Advisor Susan Rice speaks about US President Barack Obama's upcoming travel to Turkey, the Philippines and Malaysia, during the Daily Press Briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, November 12, 2015. The White House said Monday, July 23, 2018, it was looking into revoking the security clearances of former CIA director John Brennan, a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, and several other top former US officials, including former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former CIA chief Michael Hayden, and former Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice. Brennan, Comey, Clapper and Hayden, in particular, have been harsh critics of Trump since he took office. Following the president's summit last week with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Brennan described Trump's behavior as

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Opinion | Alan M. Dershowitz

Trump?s bid to silence dissent violates spirit of First Amendment

No president should use his enormous powers over our national security to stifle or deter dissent.

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation posted a single red flag warning at Horseneck Beach State Reservation because of surf and rip current conditions.

Rip current warnings posted along areas of Mass. coast

Anyone looking to cool down at the beach this week should be aware of the rip currents off the coast and their potential hazards.

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Police say Jeffrey Jacobs called a tree company during a storm in 2017 and pretended to be Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs.

Love Letters

He says he?s committed to forever with me, but not to getting engaged

It seems my choices are either to leave the guy I love or to settle for less than what I really want.

Tom Cruise, returning to the big screen for a sixth time to play secret agent Ethan Hunt, stars in ?Mission: Impossible ? Fallout.?

? ? ? | Movie Review

Cruise and action-movie craftsmanship mark ?Mission: Impossible ? Fallout?

Tom Cruise and friends are back for a sixth ?Mission: Impossible? go-round.

Your Home | Magazine

Don?t miss out on this money for energy-efficient home improvements

Strategic upgrades can help you slash heating and cooling expenses ? and maybe even make some money while you?re at it.

Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/lehigh_20180725.jpg Trump is speaking loudly, with a tired shtick

The president?s backers need to remember Milton Friedman?s counsel: Don?t confuse intentions with results.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Commuting_print.jpg The target: you and your every move

How companies use geolocation data to target you ? and everyone around ? in ways you?re not even aware of.

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Imagine a virus slipped into a pregnant woman?s womb, delivering a corrective gene.

Globe event

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Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/lovelettersalbum.jpg Getting over a breakup

Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

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Real Estate

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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

The Big Picture

Kakuma, Kenya - 5/11/2018 - Teacher Kuku Kurimagi Agoumi, a refugee from South Sudan and a student of SNHU's online degree program, leads his class in study at a school at the UNHCR refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya, May 11, 2018. Teaching is one of the few jobs refugees are authorized to hold in the camp. Established in 1992 following the arrival the

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The Big picture

The Kakuma refugee camp

Established in 1992 following the arrival the ?Lost Boys of Sudan? and with a population of nearly 190,000, the UNHCR refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya, now resembles a sprawling shanty town.

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